Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

Liberation is found in the practice, not in the theory.

When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another – and ourselves.

Life is like a cup of tea. It's all in how you make it.

Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.

Whatever we do, we should see ourselves. Reading books doesn't show us our defilements. Watch yourself. Watch your mind.

The path is not about perfecting ourselves, but about perfecting our love.

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

The purpose of meditation is not to create a mental vacuum but to come to know one's own mind.

When dharma fills your body and mind, you realize that something is missing.

The quality of every moment depends on the state of our minds.

True love is not for the faint-hearted.

The person who clings to nothing of the past, present and future, who has no attachment and no aversion, has no conceptual imprints.

Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

The cultivation of loving-kindness has the power to transform enmity into amity, hostility into hospitality.

A pure mind is always full of love - real love for all others.

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.

Metta (loving-kindness) becomes truly effective only when it arises from a peaceful mind, a pure mind, a balanced mind.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

Mindfulness means keeping one's consciousness alive to the present reality.

Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back, and reasons to stay.

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

Real freedom is not about controlling our experience, but about being free within our experience.

Life is an art, and like perfect art it should be self-forgetting.

Kindness is the solution to all of life's problems.

The Buddha taught that wealth does not bring happiness and security. The pursuit of wealth is a matter of living in balance.

The practice of Zen mind is beginner's mind. In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few.

The most important thing in life is to know death is coming and to prepare for it.

The path of practice moves from faith through understanding to direct realization.

We can learn to be present with whatever is happening in our lives, and in this way, we can begin to transform our relationship to difficulty.

The everyday practice is simply to develop complete acceptance and openness to all situations and emotions.

Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.